Who, What, Where, When, Why is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on sorting story details by the question word they answer, aligned to Common Core standard RL.2.1. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 20 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Who, What, Where, When, Why
RL.2.1
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Sort each one into the right box.
1.Sort each one: Who or What or Where or When or Why?
Sort: Rana and her brother, last winter, in a rock pool by the sea, a net made of rope, so the bread would rise
WhoWhatWhereWhenWhy
2.Sort each one: Who or What or Where or When or Why?
Sort: a girl called Mia, a jar of pebbles, so nobody would get wet, just after the bell rang, deep in the forest
WhoWhatWhereWhenWhy
3.Sort each one: Who or What or Where or When or Why?
Sort: when the tide went out, a flat loaf of bread, because the starfish needed water, Mr. Otu, the teacher, on the windy hill
WhoWhatWhereWhenWhy
LessonPrint · RL.2.1 · Set 20 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Who, What, Where, When, Why
Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. a net made of rope — What 2. in a rock pool by the sea — Where 3. last winter — When 4. Rana and her brother — Who 5. so the bread would rise — Why
2.1. a girl called Mia — Who 2. a jar of pebbles — What 3. deep in the forest — Where 4. just after the bell rang — When 5. so nobody would get wet — Why
3.1. a flat loaf of bread — What 2. because the starfish needed water — Why 3. Mr. Otu, the teacher — Who 4. on the windy hill — Where 5. when the tide went out — When
More practice for RL.2.1
Answer who, what, where, when, why and how questions about a story.